Fundamental differences between congressional Republicans and President Clinton over spending for education and the environment have brought the government to the verge of another partial shutdown.
Republicans have targeted education and environmental programs for deep cuts in a catch-all spending bill aimed at keeping the government in operation through the end of fiscal 1996.Democrats won a significant victory Tuesday when the Senate agreed 84-16 to add back $2.7 billion of the $3.1 Republicans had proposed to cut from education and job training programs.
The cost of additional education funds would be offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget and the sale of federal assets.
It is unclear, however, whether House Republicans - who have pursued education and environmental spending cuts more aggressively - will go along with the proposal.
But Congress and the White House have settled another issue - raising the national debt ceiling. On Tuesday, before departing for the Mideast, Clinton signed a bill temporarily raising the ceiling on the $stinct opportunity, if we act now, to need aidrnment default until March 29.
He also called on Congress to approve the catch-all spending bill.
"We have an obligation to keep the government open and funded," Clinton said, "and we have a distinct opportunity, if we act now, to need aid.
The two sides have less than a week to work out their differences. If some kind of spending bill is not approved by midnight Friday, a large share of the federal government could shut down for thervices, as well as the Environmental Prohe largending bill is necessary because five of the 13 annual appropriations bills for 1996 - including budgets for the departments of Labor, Veterans Affairs, Commerce, Justice, Interior and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Prohe larger budget debate.
Republican leaders have seriously misread the public by continuing to push steep cuts in environmental programs, according to Democrats and some moderate Republicans. Opinion polliness and industry lobbies that have contr presidentutting education or environmental enforcement.
In a speech in New Jersey this week, Clinton accused Republicans of deliberately seeking to undermine environmental regulations at the behest of business and industry lobbies that have contr presidential race and possibly control of Congress if they don't reverse the public's perception of their party on education and the environment.
"When it comes to questions of education and environmenreted as an indication that Republicans are--Comdisco nt posture, our present image, is not consistent with a majority of people."
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